How to Use assistive in a Sentence

assistive

adjective
  • Betts thought all the assistive tools and apps on the market sounded too robotic.
    — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Haller is now focusing on learning to walk with the help of an assistive device.
    — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 13 June 2015
  • It has also been used to design assistive tools such as finger splints and utensil grips.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The law is extremely vague on what species of animal may be assistive.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2021
  • The middle section of it can be removed, and a grab bar or other assistive aid can be dropped in with it.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • That is where a home assistive robot could offer real value.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • These assistive devices can keep you from falling and hurting yourself.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 12 May 2026
  • Permit the use of assistive technology and tools such as speech-to-text and text-to-speech software.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Music stands, assistive devices and gift cards for music stores are on their Amazon list.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Content created over a year ago may not work well with assistive technologies.
    — Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The task was to create an assistive technology necklace for a girl who was losing her sight and speech.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Fortunately, there is a vast range of assistive technologies to help with these issues—some of which are very high tech.
    — Lisa Jo Rudy, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Those were some of the first electronic assistive technologies.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Evans uses a computer to control robots and has tested assistive robots in his home for years.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • When assistive devices are being developed, users of those devices are often involved late in the game or not at all.
    — Dana MacKenzie, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • In her third year at school, her current project — which brings fashion's most fun trends to assistive medical devices — began to take shape.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Meanwhile, passengers who travel with their own assistive devices face a whole other set of challenges in the air.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 May 2024
  • Each denial of assistive devices early in a child's life can lead to delays and deficits that may take years to overcome—if they can be overcome at all.
    — Kate Horowitz, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2016
  • For too long, assistive technology has been clunky, stigmatizing and one-size-fits-all.
    — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In addition, interior assistive dressing straps help users pull the jacket on and off with ease.
    — Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Most patients were able to walk faster by 16 weeks post-treatment, and eight no longer needed their assistive devices for short distances.
    — Amber Dance, ArsTechnica, 17 May 2026
  • Screen readers are just one small slice of assistive technology, Baker added.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Physical assistive devices, on the other hand, are harder to detect.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Their first goal is to create assistive technology to help people who can’t move or are unable to communicate.
    — Jennifer Collinger, The Conversation, 19 July 2019
  • Parks provides the kids with kisses and cuddles, and has also learned how to walk properly next to wheelchairs and other assistive devices.
    — Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The toelessness is the ugliest feature of the socks (which have no attractive features) and the most likely to give them away as an assistive garment.
    — Andrea Denhoed, The New Yorker, 2 July 2019
  • The goal is to bring it up to modern standards, which includes pricey upgrades like sensors and cameras to enable self-driving assistive software.
    — Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 20 June 2025
  • Miller works with school and public librarians to expand access to long-term loans and assistive technologies for young readers.
    — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Many rely on assistive technology to get through the school day, including for note-taking, reading and writing.
    — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 4 June 2026
  • Transcribe Glass isn’t the first assistive device providing real-time captions in the user’s view.
    — Ramsha Zubairi, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023

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